When you are trying to do a similar job to the industrial superhuman in the same team you are only ever going to look distinctly average.

Bakayoko’s first half display against Leicester in the FA Cup quarter final was one of the worst performances of the season as he was consistently caught out of possession and seemed to enjoy giving the ball away.

The final nail in his performance was Antonio Conte replacing him with Cesc Fabregas at half time in order to get some stability in midfield.

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